Example sentences of "seem to [be] [adj] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was there , however , was a complex mass of brass mechanism , though many of the pieces seemed to be inlaid with solid-state etchings . |
| 2 | William seemed to be obsessed with the fact that he had n't . |
| 3 | Why was it that everyone she 'd met lately seemed to be obsessed with star signs ? |
| 4 | A Golders Green police spokesman said : ‘ He seemed to be obsessed with her and is known to the police as a pest who has been to court . ’ |
| 5 | The very air seemed to be alive with his anger . |
| 6 | His eyes seemed to be dark with emotion , and she wanted to say something , even apologise again , but he had turned away and started the car . |
| 7 | He 'd read the script and already seemed to be familiar with Joyce 's published material . |
| 8 | The whole place seemed to be throbbing with the music they made . |
| 9 | On the whole , however , the Six seemed to be satisfied with the initial operation of the EEC . |
| 10 | Danny the youngest had settled down in his job as a lighterman and seemed to be popular with the local girls . |
| 11 | While acknowledging that Sarah seemed to be infatuated with George , her sister was so many years her junior that she still thought of her as a child and dismissed her obvious affection for George as innocent admiration . |
| 12 | These results seem to be consistent with the idea of attention focusing in the arousal condition , hence improving memory for the central detail at the expense of peripheral information . |
| 13 | Patterns of erosion , sedimentation and igneous activity recorded over the area during this period seem to be consistent with a migrating region of uplift related to the track of this hot spot . |
| 14 | ‘ For a man hailing from London , England , you seem to be familiar with the forest situation in the Okanagan . ’ |
| 15 | In general , we seem to be pleased with the way it goes about its work , and many like to feel that we can contribute ideas as well as money . |
| 16 | You seem to be OK with him . |
| 17 | I think its a case of the grass being greener on the other side , you know , you never seem to be happy with what you have yourself you always see it in somebody else , gosh I wish I had her hair or her skin or her body shape , you just never seem to be satisfied with what you 've got and yet other people see you as looking very attractive |
| 18 | Jack Heery , assistant secretary of Wirral Deewatch , said : ‘ The authorities seem to be happy with a ‘ this year , next year , sometime , never ’ kind of approach . |
| 19 | That many of today 's church musicians seem to be unfamiliar with developments in hymnody over the last thirty years is noted as significant by the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland . |
| 20 | In general , employers seem to be satisfied with those young workers they employ . |
| 21 | I think its a case of the grass being greener on the other side , you know , you never seem to be happy with what you have yourself you always see it in somebody else , gosh I wish I had her hair or her skin or her body shape , you just never seem to be satisfied with what you 've got and yet other people see you as looking very attractive |
| 22 | They seem to be inconsistent with what is known of the laws of nature . |
| 23 | Values of much less than 30° seem to be inconsistent with an explanation of the Tunguska object as a stony asteroid . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 25 | He seems to be obsessed with investing every penny , while at the same time turning a blind eye to the needs of his growing family . |
| 26 | In fact the left brain seems to be bored with spaces . |
| 27 | Many people 's experience of parents ' evenings seems to be unsatisfactory with parents attending through almost a sense of obligation and duty rather than that of pleasure . |
| 28 | This approach seems to be consistent with UK post-war experience since policy-makers have tended to concentrate their attention upon the more short-term objectives rather than on strategies aimed specifically at longer-term growth . |
| 29 | The broad picture that emerges from a consideration of mortality in social classes I and II and IV and V in table III seems to be consistent with the notion that inequalities become progressively shallower at older age groups . |
| 30 | This seems to be inconsistent with the proposition that a higher standard applies where the director possesses relevant skills , but is presumably explicable on the basis that the higher standard relates only to distinct forms of professional expertise , such as that of the actuary or the physician referred to by Romer J , and not where the experience or expertise that the director has acquired is that of a business manager . |